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Here’s How Much Ron DeSantis Is Worth | Forbes

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🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Even as his poll numbers stagnate and his political capital wanes, Ron DeSantis has seen one thing go right in 2023: His bank account balance keeps rising. Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes: http://forbes.com Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has spent much of his adult life railing against liberal elites.

0:05.0

In 2023 he wrote a book about it and it made him rich.

0:09.0

Hi everybody, I'm Brittany Lewis with Forbes breaking news.

0:14.0

Joining me now as my colleague Forbes reporter Kyle Mullins.

0:17.0

Kyle thanks for coming on.

0:19.0

Always happy to do it.

0:21.0

As you are well aware because you report on the intersection of money and politics,

0:25.7

Forbes is tracking down the net worth of all the political contenders in the 2024 race.

0:31.3

And you're looking into Florida Governor Ron

0:33.0

DeSantis but before we get into his net worth can you familiarize our viewers who is

0:38.2

Ron to santis absolutely so Ron DeSantis is a rising star in the Republican Party or maybe that's what folks would have said like a year ago

0:48.1

because his campaign has been

0:50.1

his campaign for president I should say has been kind of you know flatlining

0:53.9

stagnating maybe declining over the past couple of months so you know there's he's in a

0:59.0

very active flux position right now in the Republican Party. He is the now in his second

1:04.2

term as the governor of Florida. Before that he was a Republican congressman.

1:07.6

He is a you know that when President Donald Trump endorsed him that is what set him up for his

1:15.3

political rise to be the governor of Florida he won his first term you know in 2018

1:21.8

when a blue wave was washing over the rest of the country

1:24.4

Democrats are winning everywhere else. Ron DeSantis squeaked out a win in Florida

1:28.4

as always close elections and that is his political profile.

1:33.3

He has cast himself as a, you know, a culture warrior, a member of the, you know, some say he's a member of the new right.

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